PAW Announces the 2008 Top Luxury, Pet-Friendly Hotels

by Mary VanMeer
Filed Under Accommodations, Food and Wine, Pets 

Janine Franceschi and her Irish Setter, Beau, the owners of PAW (Pet-friendly Accommodations Worldwide) set off across the country four months ago from the East Coast in a paw-print adorned 2008 Honda Element. Their mission was three-fold: to source, visit, and review luxury, pet-friendly hotels for inclusion on the PAW website, (www.luxurypaw.com) as well as their weekly podcast for the Travel Tails Series on Pet Life Radio (www.petliferadio.com/traveltails), and to discover and recommend unique pet-friendly activities, resources, and restaurants in each PAW hotel city.

13,000 miles, 30 states, and 50 luxury, pet-friendly hotels later, PAW is proud to announce the Top Dogs in luxury, pet-friendly hotels from across the country in four major categories: Luxury Pet-friendly Resort; Luxury Pet-friendly Hotel, Chain and Individual; and Best Pet Welcome Amenity; as well as the Top Dog in the pet-friendly restaurant, activity, and resource categories.  And the winners are…

The PAW Top Dog Luxury Pet-friendly Resort 2008:  Calistoga Ranch, Calistoga, CA

The PAW Top Dog Luxury Pet-friendly Hotel Chain 2008:  First Place Tie between Westin Hotels and Kimpton Hotels

The PAW Top Dog Luxury Pet-friendly Hotel 2008:  Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows; Santa Monica, CA

The PAW Top Dog Luxury Pet-friendly Hotel BEST PET WELCOME AMENITY 2008:  The Woodlands Resort & Inn in Summerville, SC (Personalized Dog Collar); plus Honorable Mention: Hotel Palomar in Dallas, TX

The PAW Top Dog in Pet-Friendly Restaurants 2008:  First Place Tie between 50 Plates in Portland, OR (for the food); and Fetch, Upper East Side in New York City, NY (for the atmosphere)

The PAW Top Dog in Pet-friendly Activities 2008:  New York Dog Tours; NY, NY

The PAW Top Dog in Pet-friendly Resource 2008:  Dining With Sophie; San Francisco, CA

Along the way, PAW discovered some fantastic pet-related vendors and considers ArfDog (www.arfdog.com), Bowser Beer, (www.3busydogs.com), Dog Lovers Wine Club (www.dogloverswineclub.com), and Dog Is Good, (www.dogisgood.com) to be among the best; all offering a unique, well-designed and high-quality product line!

For more information or to reserve one of the luxury pet-friendly hotels mentioned here or view all of the luxury, pet-friendly hotels on the PAW website visit www.luxurypaw.com. To find more information about any of the activities, resources, or restaurants mentioned visit the Canine Concierge State pages on the PAW website.

About PAW

PAW; Pet-friendly Accommodations Worldwide, LLC, was created after Janine Franceschi spent countless hours searching in vain for luxury (4-star or higher rated), pet-friendly hotels that would accept a 60-lb dog.  PAW is the only online hotel booking website that specializes in luxury, pet-friendly hotel accommodations and the first to let you search for a pet-friendly hotel using your pet’s weight as part of the hotel search criteria.  Janine and her 2-year-old Irish Setter, Beau, have made it their mission to search out and identify luxury hotels with the highest level of pet-comfort and amenities available.


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